Canadian Figure Skating Federation has made a proposal to significantly simplify the procedure for changing sports citizenship for athletes. The idea would see an athlete almost automatically removed after submitting a “formal request,” will be considered at the ISU congress in June.
According to Tatyana Tarasova, the approval of new rules may allow other countries to lure Russians into their national teams. Natalya Bestemyanova, on the contrary, believes that this initiative will not affect the number of transfers.